Cleaning Out a Course Shell

Contents

Announcements

Step 1: From the Course Home page select Announcements.

Step 2: Scroll down to the per page dropdown and select 200 to get everything on one page.

Step 3: Select the Select all rows box (on the upper left corner next to Title) . Select Delete.

Step 4: Select Yes in the Confirmation dialog box.

Content

Step 1: Select the Content link on the navigation bar.

Step 2: Select Table of Contents (if necessary). Select the Table of Contents dropdown menu . Select the Delete All Modules option.

Step 3: From the Delete All Modules dialog box, select the option to Permanently delete all modules, topics, and all associated files and activities from the course . Select Delete.

Assignments

Step 1: From the navigation bar select Assignments.

Step 2: Select the checkbox (located under Bulk Edit) to select all folders.

Step 3: From the More Actions dropdown menu, select Delete.

Discussions

Step 1: Select Discussions from the navigation bar.

Step 2: From the More Actions dropdown menu, select Delete.

Step 3: Select the Select All option.

Step 4: Select Delete.

Quizzes

Step 1: Select Quizzes from the navigation bar.

Step 2: From the Manage Quizzes page, select all quizzes by selecting the checkbox at the top left (located under Bulk Edit).

Step 3: Go to the More Actions dropdown menu and select Delete.

Step 4: In the Confirmation pop-up box, select Delete.

Step 5: Next, select the Question Library tab.

Change the per page number so that all items are on one page, (if necessary). Select the checkbox located at the top left to select all items and then select Delete.

Step 6: In the Confirmation pop-up box select Delete.

Grades

Step 1: Select the Grades link from the navigation bar.

Step 2: Select Manage Grades.

Step 3: From the More Actions dropdown menu, select Delete.

Step 4: Select all items by selecting the box at the top left corner . Select Delete.

Note: The Final Calculated and Final Adjusted Grade cannot be deleted.

Step 5: Select Delete from the Confirmation dialog box.

Attendance

Step 1: From the navigation bar select More Tools and then Attendance.

Step 2: Select the dropdown next to the attendance Register Name . Select Delete.

Checklist

From the More Tools dropdown menu on the navigation bar, select Checklist.

From the More Actions dropdown menu, select Delete.

Select all checklists by selecting the box at the upper left corner and then select Delete Selected.

Groups

From the More Tools dropdown menu on the navigation bar, select Groups.

Select all by selecting the box at the upper left, select Delete.

Select Delete Groups/Categories in the Confirmation pop-up box.

Repeat the process until the only group left is the default group for the current semester.

Intelligent Agents

From the More Tools dropdown on the navigation bar select Intelligent Agents.

Select all by selecting the box at the upper left corner, select Delete.

Select Delete in the Confirmation pop-up box.

Rubrics

Select Rubrics from the More Tools dropdown menu.

Select Set Status from the dropdown menu from a Rubric.

From there select Archived to delete a rubric.

Self Assessments

From the More Tools dropdown menu, select Self Assessments.

From the More Actions dropdown menu, select Delete.

Select all Self Assessments by selecting the checkbox at the top left . Select Delete Selected.

Select Yes in the Confirmation dialog box.

Surveys

From the More Tools dropdown menu, select Surveys.

From the More Actions dropdown menu, select Delete.

Select all Surveys by selecting the checkbox at the top left corner . Select Delete.

Select Yes in the Confirmation dialog box.

Course Files

Select More Tools and then Course Admin from the navigation bar.

From the Site Resources section, select Manage Files.

Make sure you are in the root of Manage Files, (the very top link). Select the checkbox next to the scissors icon to select all items . Select the trashcan icon to delete.

The course is now blank and ready for copying/development.